Tom Brown's School Days

Synopsis

When private tutor Thomas Arnold (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) becomes headmaster at Rugby, a boy's preparatory school in England, he puts into place a policy of strict punishment for unruliness and bulying. Arnold finds an ally in Tom Brown (Jimmy Lydon), a new student who is subjected to hazing and abuse by a group of older boys and is pressured by his friends to keep quiet about it. Fed up, he leads his fellow classmates in an underground rebellion against their tormentors. But certain unspoken rules still apply at the school and Brown loses his hero status when he is accussed of breaking the Rugby code of silence.

Main Cast

Cedric Hardwicke

Dr. Thomas Arnold

Age : 71 | Popularity : 10%

Freddie Bartholomew

East

Age : 67 | Popularity : 10%

Jimmy Lydon

Tom Brown

Age : 100 | Popularity : 5%

Josephine Hutchinson

Mrs. Mary Arnold

Age : 94 | Popularity : 16%

Billy Halop

Flashman

Age : 56 | Popularity : 10%

Polly Moran

Sally Harowell

Age : 68 | Popularity : 3%

Hughie Green

Walker Brooke

Age : 77 | Popularity : 3%

Ernest Cossart

Squire Brown

Age : 74 | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Robert Stevenson
Crew	Additional Dialogue	Robert Stevenson
Camera	Director of Photography	Nicholas Musuraca
Writing	Screenplay	Walter Ferris C. Graham Baker Frank Cavett Gene Towne
	Novel	Thomas Hughes
Production	Producer	C. Graham Baker Gene Towne
Department	Role	Name

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